Anybody have leads on any good indie coffee shops in the NY/NJ area? Also, do any of you have any interesting/insightful/entertaining thoughts about the intersection of coffee and creativity? I blog for a small coffee company, and I'm looking for some new subject matter.

Thanks for the tip. There was a place there I used to go a while back, but I can't remember the name and a Google search doesn't turn up anything even remotely familiar.

I should probably note some of the places I've already been so I'm not getting a ton of duplicates:In Manhattan:*Blue Bottle (which I'd VERY highly recommend)*Think Coffee (wasn't impressed, but I only tried their house blend -- very bitter, not nuanced at all)*Intelligentsia (tiny space, very good coffee)*Cafe Grumpy (first place I had decaf that didn't suck; their other stuff is also quite good)

In Hoboken:*Bean Vault Coffee (excellent coffee, cookies that could easily be a breakfast or heavy snack by themselves)*Bwe (very good coffee, works with charities in Haiti, so even more bang for your buck)*Caffe Bene (quick-growing chain based in Korea, also has locations in NYC; coffee's competent, food is quite good)

Jersey Shore:*Green Planet (locations in PPB and Manasquan, perhaps elsewhere too; haven't gotten back to them in a while)